Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh suspended on Wednesday his hunger strike after reaching an agreement with Israel to set a ceiling for his administrative detention and to be released on October 2, the official Palestinian news […]
As many as 1,000 Palestinian prisoners will start a mass hunger strike on Thursday in protest at Isreal’s violence and repressive policies, which deprive them of their most basic rights. The announcement of the protest […]
The Israeli Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to release Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh, who has been on a hunger strike for 171 days in protest of his detention without charge or trial, despite his serious […]
An Israeli military court extended on Sunday the detention of senior Islamic Jihad leader Bassam al-Saadi, from the West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestine Prisoners’ Club (PPC) said in a statement. The PCC said […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh has been in administrative detention since December 27 of last year and is currently on his 178th day of hunger strike. Awawdeh’s lawyer and Palestinian prisoners’ […]
Khalil Awawdeh and two other Palestinian administrative detainees continue their open-ended hunger strike Awawdeh, 40, a father of four from the town of Idna has been in administrative detention since December 27 of last year […]
Hundreds of Palestinian detainees began a sit-in protest in Israeli prison courtyards on Thursday, The New Arab reported. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (PPC) said this was part of “disobedience and rebellion” actions being taken against […]
The European Union called on Tuesday for the immediate release of Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra, who was detained by Israel as a 13-year-old child in 2015, The New Arab reported. Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff, the […]
Right-wing Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir has called the family of Palestinian prisoner Nour Eddin Jarbou, threatening to kill them and their son, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Qadri Abu Bakr, head of the Prisoners Affairs […]
The Israeli Supreme Court rejected on Sunday the appeal request submitted for the release of Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh, who has been on hunger strike for 172 days, despite the severe deterioration in his health […]
The Israeli occupation forces today and last night detained at least 40 Palestinians in large-scale raids across the occupied territories. Most of the arrests took place in the town of Tuqu, in the south of […]
Amnesty International called on Wednesday for the urgent release of Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. “It is outrageous that the Israeli authorities have renewed Ahmad Manasra’s spell in solitary […]
Palestinian prisoner Raed Rayan suspended his hunger strike after reaching an agreement with prison authorities, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Rayan has been on hunger strike for 113 days in protest of his […]
The Israel Prison Services (IPS) punitively transferred Palestinian-French human rights defender and lawyer Salah Hamouri to a higher-risk Israeli isolation prison facility called Hadarim after writing a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, according to […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Supporters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement organized a mass rally in Gaza on Monday in support of Palestinian prisoners under the banner “We will not fail our heroic prisoners.” […]
At least 40 Palestinian prisoners have started an open-ended hunger strike, Al-Quds Association announced on Friday. The prisoners started their hunger strike on Thursday in solidarity with hunger striker Khalil Awawdeh, who had been on […]
By Ramzy Baroud “We regret we failed to protect you.” This was part of a statement issued by United Nations human rights experts on 14 July, urging the Israeli government to release Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra. […]
Israeli forces detained 14 Palestinians on Thursday, including a cancer-stricken patient, from various parts of the West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local and security sources said that Israeli forces re-arrested a former […]
Two Palestinian prisoners remain in critical condition in Israeli prisons as they continue their open-ended hunger strikes in protest over their conditions and administrative detention, said the Detainees Affairs Commission. Raed Rayan and Khalil Awawdeh […]
The Israeli occupation authorities detained 464 Palestinians in June, including 70 minors and 18 women, and 3873 Palestinians since the start of the year, the Palestinian prisoners’ advocacy groups said on Thursday. The Palestinian prisoners’ […]
Palestinian prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi successfully obtained a Master’s degree from the West Bank’s Birzeit University last week, Arabi21 reported. Zubeidi, who is one of six political prisoners who escaped from Israel’s Gilboa prison in September […]
Palestinian detainee Saadia Farajallah, 68, died Saturday morning in the Israeli prison of Damon, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said in a statement. According to the PPS, Farajallah was brought to a military court on […]
By Paul Salvatori In a recent article I described Israel’s judicial system as a “kangaroo court.” I changed my mind. The system is more akin to vigilantism. It’s made up of judges and other […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The military wing of the Palestinian political group Hamas released a video on Tuesday which shows footage of an Israeli soldier detained in the besieged Gaza Strip, Reuters, Aljazeera, and […]
The Israeli early release committee meeting in Ramle prison rejected on Monday an appeal to free 20-year-old Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Manasra, who is suffering from a deteriorating mental health condition, the official Palestinian news agency […]
Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Manasra is scheduled to appear before the Israeli court on Tuesday to decide upon granting him an early release based on his psychological health condition, The New Arab reported. Manasra was arrested […]
The Israeli occupation authority canceled on Thursday its agreement to release Palestinian detainee Khalil Awawdeh from administrative detention, following his 111 days of hunger strike, the Middle East Monitor reported. According to the Palestinian Prisoner […]
An Israeli parole committee on Wednesday designated the case of Ahmad Manasra, who was arrested at the age of 13, as “terrorism”, according to Manasra’s defense team. The defense team said that the Israeli Prison […]
Palestinian administrative detainee Khalil Awawdeh, 40, suspended his hunger strike on Tuesday after 111 days, in light of promises by the Israeli occupation authorities to release him at the end of his current detention period, […]
Israel’s Ramle Magistrate’s Court reviewed on Sunday the eligibility of detained Palestinian Ahmed Manasra for early release without announcing a final decision, Manasra’s defense team said. Lawyer Khaled Al-Zabarqa told reporters after the session that […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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